MrFreeze

The amount of pressure the fans put on JVR, and now Jefferson is a bit silly. Jake Waterman has exploded as one of the games best forwards only now, after years being a middling prospect. Patience is required.

His draft year was just not that good, even Cadman at pick 1 is still well away from being a full fledged key forward. Needs way more time.

All the past premiers of the last couple years have either lost or drawn to the Hawks. But right now to see other teams steaming ahead, while we are sputtering is very alarming.

We kicked ~1.8 from turn over yesterday. System is all over the place, our team was built for repeat stoppage and territory and we need to play to that. We got lucky that Geelong's gameplan allowed ours to work, no other team is going to give us that space. Kick mark game style is rubbish and I think we rate in the 6-12 range like Freo. Our % keeps us in the 8 but there is 5 other teams on the same amount of wins, Saints will be hungry to knock us out of the 8.

Where's trac?

Taj must be in the 22 next week. Shows more heart and dash than most at the moment.

Reid has aura, untouchable

ANB gets a lot of contact off the ball these days. We received two frees v carlton because of this, and 2 more today. Opposition must be targeting him imo.

Two kicks to kozzy on the wing getting intercepted, no good

We're pulling this game back but we have so much work to do to be a real competitor this year

Wowee browny

Twice

Chandler looks fast and dangerous

Chandler, billings giving us some spark

Laziness and skill errors getting badly punished

Must take the steam off this game, need to settle and get our heads into this

I reckon Woey will get the short stick once more

He might replace a lower tier mid like Woey, Laurie or such but i don't think he owns his HB flank like he used to.

What we need from Salo is the mature head, physicality and flexibility. He is not a best 22 lock but there's still a place for him in the side. Wouldn't be opposed to him needing to build form in the 2s before returning.

Schache has an an Achilles injury I thought? Fullarton also came off with a knee complaint in the casey game too. Maybe Jefferson and Verrell get a call up. JVR has not been in hot form but he carries a big role as 2nd ruck. Max will need support.

We took a risk to rookie him as I don't think he was in draft contention. As it says in his bio, he was plucked from obscurity. https://www.melbournefc.com.au/players/8630/oliver-sestan Other talented youngsters get to train in academies or expensive sports colleges which would be a massive advantage in developing professional standards.

Interesting comment. He comes from a very different background compared to the top kids who have been crafted to be a professional like Windsor. Hopefully he can turn it around because the talent is there.

Melk or McAdam would be so so handy rn. We are in dire need for an effective 3rd tall and Disco is not crafty enough to make this work. Woey should be in the 22 for Bowey or Billings. Should real running power and effective kicking. Chin's knee certainly was NQR but i suspect he will be fine after a 10 day break.

The first quarter was inexcusable but the top of the league is so close. Blues lose to pies under a goal, we beat geelong by the skin of our teeth and lose tonight. Swings and round abouts, we will be back.

Statistics in the AFL are almost always used to 'explain' and never 'predict'. We see a result and find stats that suit our observation. But rarely are any places like champion data creating valid predictions, which would be a true estimation of the usefulness of the selected statistics.